# 声

| 声 | U+58F0, &#22768; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58F0 |
| ← 壯 [U+58EF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 壱 → [U+58F1] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 声 |
| Simplified | 声 |
| Traditional | 聲 |

### Han character

声 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土日竹 (GAH), four-corner 4020$_7$, composition ⿱士𠃜)

#### Derived characters

* 𠴢, 𬊽, 𨧅, 𡁩, 𫯆, 𫸌, 𪤲, 殸, 𭮶, 𮊩, 𰋌, 𤍌, 𫯅, 𫯇, 𥭺, 𡳦, 𤭩, 𣼘, 𰦂, 𪇟

#### Related characters

* 聲 (Orthodox traditional form of 声)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 243, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5645
* Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 429, character 1
* Unihan data for U+58F0

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

Simplified from 聲 (elimination of 殳 and 耳). The character itself is a pictogram (象形) of a stone chime. See 殸.
* For pronunciation and definitions of 声 – see 聲 (“sound; noise; voice; music; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 聲).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 声 – see 磬 (“stone chimes; sounding stone; qing; inverted bell”). (This character is a variant form of 磬).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03275-001
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02865-004

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 声 |
| Kyūjitai | 聲 |

### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 聲)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō $^†$)
* Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
* Kun: こえ (koe, 声, Jōyō)、こわ (kowa, 声, Jōyō $^†$)
* Nanori: おと (oto)、かた (kata)、ちか (chika)、な (na)、のぶ (nobu)、もり (mori)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 声
* こえ Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 聲 (kyūjitai)
⟨ko$_2$we⟩ → */kəwe/ → /kowe/ → /koe/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kəwai.
Further derivation unknown.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こえ [kóꜜè] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞e̞]

#### Noun

声(こえ) • (koe)
* a voice
** 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 16)
    野(の)辺(べ)ちかく家(いへ)居(ゐ)しせればうぐひすのなくなるこゑは朝(あさ)な朝(あさ)なきく
       nobe chikaku iei shisereba uguisu no naku naru koe ni wa asa na asa na kiku
       Because I make my home near the fields and meadows, each and every morning, I hear the song of the mountain thrush trilling spring.
* an accent
* a feedback
* (in the form ～の声を聞く (...no koe o kiku), lit. “listenable voice”) a feeling, sound, or tone of something
* a voiced sound
* (archaic) a Sino-Japanese pronunciation or reading of a Chinese character, as opposed to its 訓 (kun) or native Japanese counterpart

##### Derived terms

* 声(こわ)色(いろ) (kowairo)
* 声(こわ)先(さき) (kowasaki)
* 声(こわ)差(ざ)し (kowazashi)
* 声(こわ)尻(じり) (kowajiri)
* 声(こわ)絶(だ)え (kowadae)
* 声(こわ)高(だか) (kowadaka)
* 声(こわ)遣(づか)い (kowazukai)
* 声(こわ)付(つ)き (kowatsuki)
* 声(こわ)作(づく)り (kowazukuri)
* 声(こわ)作(づく)る (kowazukuru)
* 声(こわ)繕(づくろ)い (kowazukuroi)
* 声(こわ)音(ね) (kowane)
* 声(こわ)引(び)き (kowabiki)
* 声(こわ)低(びき) (kowabiki)
* 声(こわ)風(ぶり) (kowaburi)
* 声(こわ)技(わざ) (kowawaza)
* 産(うぶ)声(ごえ) (ubugoe)
* 呻(うめ)き声(ごえ) (umekigoe)
* 裏(うら)声(ごえ) (uragoe)
* 掛(か)け声(ごえ) (kakegoe)
* 風(かざ)声(ごえ) (kazagoe)
* 地(じ)声(ごえ) (jigoe)
* 鼻(はな)声(ごえ) (hanagoe)
* 笑(わら)い声(ごえ) (waraigoe)

##### Idioms

* 声(こえ)を殺(ころ)す (koe o korosu)
* 声(こえ)を出(だ)す (koe o dasu)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 声
* せい Grade: 2
* kan'on
* Alternative spelling
* 聲 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).

#### Affix

声(せい) • (sei)
* voice
* speech, word
* fame, honor, reputation
* Chinese character pronunciation

##### Derived terms

* 声(せい)援(えん) (seien)
* 声(せい)価(か) (seika)
* 声(せい)楽(がく) (seigaku)
* 声(せい)区(く) (seiku)
* 声(せい)帯(たい) (seitai)
* 声(せい)部(ぶ) (seibu)
* 声(せい)聞(ぶん) (seibun)
* 声(せい)明(めい) (seimei)
* 声(せい)誉(よ) (seiyo)
* 声(せい)優(ゆう) (seiyū)
* 声(せい)量(りょう) (seiryō)
* 悪(あく)声(せい) (akusei)
* 雨(う)声(せい) (usei)
* 音(おん)声(せい) (onsei)
* 歓(かん)声(せい) (kansei)
* 奇(き)声(せい) (kisei)
* 吟(ぎん)声(せい) (ginsei)
* 形(けい)声(せい) (keisei)
* 五(ご)声(せい) (gosei)
* 混(こん)声(せい) (konsei)
* 四(し)声(せい) (shisei)
* 秋(しゅう)声(せい) (shūsei)
* 銃(じゅう)声(せい) (jūsei)
* 鐘(しょう)声(せい) (shōsei)
* 水(すい)声(せい) (suisei)
* 嘆(たん)声(せい) (tansei)
* 鳥(ちょう)声(せい) (chōsei)
* 肉(にく)声(せい) (nikusei)
* 発(はっ)声(せい) (hassei)
* 美(び)声(せい) (bisei)
* 風(ふう)声(せい) (fūsei)
* 名(めい)声(せい) (meisei)
* 和(わ)声(せい) (wasei)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 声
* しょう Grade: 2
* goon
* Alternative spelling
* 聲 (kyūjitai)
/sjau/ → /ɕau/ → /ɕɔː/ → /ɕoː/
From Middle Chinese 聲 (MC syeng).

#### Noun

声(しょう) • (shō)
* a voice, speech
* a tone
* a variation of stress in pronunciation
* Short for 声点 (shōten): a tone mark (in Middle Chinese)

##### Derived terms

* 乱(らん)声(じょう) (ranjō)
* 連(れん)声(じょう) (renjō)

#### Affix

声(しょう) • (shō)
* voice, sound
* expression, speech
* tone (in Chinese linguistics)

##### Derived terms

* 声(しょう)点(てん) (shōten)
* 声(しょう)明(みょう) (shōmyō)
* 声(しょう)聞(もん) (shōmon)
* 音(おん)声(じょう) (onjō)
* 去(きょ)声(しょう) (kyoshō)
* 四(し)声(しょう) (shishō)
* 上(じょう)声(しょう) (jōshō)
* 入(にっ)声(しょう) (nisshō)
* 平(ひょう)声(しょう) (hyōshō)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kojima, Noriyuki with Arai Eizō (1989) [905] Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 5: Kokin Wakashū (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* ↑ Laurel Rasplica Rodd, Mary Catherine Henkenius (1996) Kokinshū - A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern, page 29

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: くぃー (kwī, 声)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 声
* くぃー Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 聲 (kyūjitai)
Cognate with modern Japanese 声 (koe).

### Pronunciation

* (Shuri) くぃー [kwìì] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kwiː]

### Noun

声(くぃー) (kwī)
* a voice
* a news, word, or something said (of someone)
    声(くぃー)聞(ち)ちゅん
       kwī chichun
       to hear (about somebody), to hear word (of someone), to catch wind (of someone)

#### Derived terms

* 声(くぃー)変(がー)い (kwīgāi)
* 声(くぃ)嗄(か)らー (kwikarā)
* 投(な)ぎ声(ぐぃー) (nagigwī)
* 泣(な)ち声(ぐぃー) (nachigwī)
* まぎ声(ぐぃー) (magigwī)

### References

* “くぃー【声】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.